The glamour event of the Winter Olympics will again be the women’s figure skating competition in Vancouver. But those of you hoping to see the next American superstar may be disappointed.

The American women are not being given much of a chance. After years of Michelle Kwan, the Hughes sisters and Sasha Cohen, two new faces will represent the U.S. Teenagers Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu are major underdogs entering the Games.

The headliner at these Olympics is Kim Yu-na of South Korea. The reigning world champion has dominated skating for the past two seasons, with just one loss since the 2008 worlds. She posted a record score at the world championships last March.

Kim is a star in South Korea, where her nickname is “Queen Yu-na.” She is the country’s best hope for a gold medal outside of speed skating. In her homeland, she is like Peyton Manning in the number of endorsements she has. Forbes Korea named her the No. 1 celebrity in the country.

Her chief rival is Mao Asada of Japan. The two have competed against one another since they were in juniors, but Kim has opened the gap between them in recent years.

The Americans have won at least one medal in every Olympics since 1964, but that streak might come to an end. Flatt and Nagasu have very little experience and neither has done much in international competition.

Flatt, 17, has a compelling storyline. A straight-A student in Colorado, she has applied to many elite colleges and has worked with 1976 gold medalist Dorothy Hamill in the last year. Nagasu, 16, grew up in California, where her parents own a sushi restaurant. Her first name translates to “future” in Japanese.

In the men’s competition, Americans Evan Lysacek and Jeremy Abbott both have a shot at finishing on the podium. Reigning Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko of Russia took three years off, but could become the first back-to-back gold medalist since Dick Button in 1952.